Esperanta Diskuto Paĝo / Esperanto Discussion Thread

[Cekoviu]

Tio estas la Esperanta Diskuton Paĝo. Lu ajn kiu parolas Esperanton estas bonvena, kaj ankaŭ homoj kiu interesiĝis Esperanton. Bonvolu paroli pri io ajn rilata al Esperanton (aŭ ajn en Esperanto).
Rimedojn por lerni Esperanton:

• Lernu! estas la plej bona rimedon por lerni Esperanton, kaj ĝi estas senpaga!
• Google Translate en Esperanto - ĝi estas helpema por komprenanti Esperanton en tiu diskuto
• Vikipedio paĝo pri Esperanto (en Esperanto)
• Duolingo

Estas bone paroli en la angla ankaŭ.

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This is the Esperanto Discussion Thread. Anyone who speaks Esperanto is welcome, as well as people who are interested in Esperanto. Feel free to talk about anything related to Esperanto (or anything in Esperanto).
Resources for learning Esperanto:

• Lernu! is the best resource for learning Esperanto, and it's free!
• Google Translate in Esperanto - it's helpful for understanding Esperanto in this discussion
• Wikipedia page about Esperanto (in Esperanto)
• Duolingo

It's also okay to speak in English.

[The Liberated Territories]

Esperanto always sounded Romanian to me for some reason.

[Sovaal]

Esperanto always sounded Romanian to me for some reason.

If i remember correctly it borrows heavily from Romance languages.

[Cekoviu]

Esperanto always sounded Romanian to me for some reason.

They look similar and are both mostly Romance-influenced, so I can see that.
Ili ŝajnas similaj kaj ili estas plejparte influinta de Am-aferojn, do mi povas vidi tion.

[Jelmatt]

I'm skeptical of the idea of a universal auxiliary language in the first place, and the only reason Esperanto is considered one of the better candidates for an IAL is its momentum. It's one of the oldest IALs out there and by the turn of the 20th century already had an alright base, and it's easier to make something which is already established an IAL than creating another new proposal. Esperanto has so many things that make it unsuitable for an IAL (a case system, uses Romance basis most of the time--but, for some reason, a lot of the scientific vocabulary whose Latin and Greek forms are widespread are taken from other languages ("birdo" instead of "av(e)o"? Really?), way too many phonemes with rare contrasts, strange as hell orthography (circumflexes, Zamenhof? Really?), the assumption of male gender for all nouns without special marking).

[Cekoviu]

I'm skeptical of the idea of a universal auxiliary language in the first place; and the only reason Esperanto is considered one of the better candidates for an IAL is its momentum; it's one of the oldest IALs out there and by the turn of the 20th century already had an alright base, and it's easier to make something which is already established an IAL than creating another new proposal. Esperanto has so many things that make it unsuitable for an IAL (a case system, uses Romance basis most of the time--but, for some reason, a lot of the scientific vocabulary whose Latin and Greek forms are widespread are taken from other languages ("birdo" instead of "av(e)o"? Really?), way too many phonemes with rare contrasts, strange as hell orthography (circumflexes, Zamenhof? Really?), the assumption of male gender for all nouns without special marking).

I don't think it's great as a universal language, but I think it sounds and looks nice.
Mi ne pensas ĝi estas bona kiel universalan lingvon, sed mi pensas ĝi sonoj kaj aperas belan.

[Libereco kaj Paco]

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[Liriena]

I'm unironically fond of Esperanto. A lot of love and care went into its creation, it has an interesting (and sometimes hilarious) history, and its underlying ideals are really nice.

Also, Zamenhof is my favorite surname ever.

[Liriena]

Esperanto always sounded Romanian to me for some reason.

If i remember correctly it borrows heavily from Romance languages.

It's very Latin, with bits and pieces of Slavic and Finno-Ugric languages thrown in.

It definitely does deserve the criticism it's received for being a bit too Eurocentric.

[Risottia]

Esperanto always sounded Romanian to me for some reason.

If i remember correctly it borrows heavily from Romance languages.

Only it fails to borrow the best stuff.
MELIVS EST LATINE LOQVI.

[Cekoviu]

Mi serĉis esperantlingvan temon/region kaj trovis tiun temon de marto. Ĉu iu volas praktiki/diskuti en la esperanta?

Kompreneble ne, neniu parolas Esperanton.

[Libereco kaj Paco]

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